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    Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil (French pronunciation: [filip də ʁigo maʁki də vodʁœj]; c. 1643 – 10 October 1725) was a French military officer...
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    Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, marquis de Vaudreuil (22 November 1698 – 4 August 1778) was a Canadian-born colonial governor of French Canada...
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    Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil (18 April 1724 – 14 December 1802) was second in command of the French squadron off America during the American...
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  • Marquis de Vaudreuil may refer to: Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil (1643–1702), governor of Montréal then of New France Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil...
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    Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis of Vaudreuil (22 September 1691 – 27 November 1763) was a French naval officer. Vaudreuil served in Canada where his...
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    white Creole wife, Françoise Guiot de la Mirande. His paternal grandfather, Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil, was Governor General of New France...
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    between himself and the Governor General of the colony, Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial. These men were the leaders of the war effort in...
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    Old Port of Montreal. In 1723, the Château Vaudreuil was built for Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil - its formal gardens occupying the space that...
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    command of Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil on an expedition to Senegal and other coast possessions of the English, de Veudreuil capturing...
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  • Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan, Governor of Acadia, urged the Governor of New France, Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil, to send a force...
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    Henri-Godefroi-Bernard-Alphonse, 1st Prince de La Tour d'Auvergne, 2nd Marquis de Saint-Paulet (21 October 1823 – 5 May 1871) was a French politician...
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    Vaudreuil was a stately residence and college in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was constructed between 1723 and 1726 for Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de...
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    Keppel decided to return to Plymouth to repair his ships. The duc de Chartres, Louis Philippe II d'Orléans, a French Prince du sang (Prince of the royal blood)...
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    part of the formal gardens of the Château Vaudreuil, built in 1723 for Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil. The Chateau burned down in 1803 and the...
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    representatives to meet with the Governor-General of New France Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil in Quebec. He suggested they move north to Quebec to avoid...
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    the way, the French squadron met the 50-gun Fier Rodrigue, under Chevalier de Montault, a letter of marque belonging to Beaumarchais and escorting a convoy...
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    Hector d'Estaing, was succeeded by Comte de Guichen. Together with François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, de Guichen planned a combined attack on a...
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    order of the Governor General of New France at that time (Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil) near today's Baby Point, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north...
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  • Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan, Governor of Acadia, urged the Governor of New France, Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil, to send a force...
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    Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil. Third in command was Louis Antoine de Bougainville. The French flagship was the huge 104-gun Ville de Paris...
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    recriminations among the victors; Philip V of Spain made Navarro Marqués de la Victoria, or "Marquis of Victory", a title reflecting domestic opinion that the battle...
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    and ethnicity of its leader is also uncertain; Governor Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil reported that it was led by someone named l'Aymalle. The...
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    transit from Rochefort to Brest, under the command of Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil, when she was intercepted near Audierne Bay (Baie d'Audierne)...
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  • Canada, having existed in an unbroken line since the appointment of Samuel de Champlain in 1627. Following the Seven Years' War, control passed from France...
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    Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois (c. 12 October 1671 – 12 July 1749) was a French Naval officer who served as Governor of New France from...
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    Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil. Third in command was Louis Antoine de Bougainville. The French flagship was the huge 104-gun Ville de Paris...
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  • governors general of Canada Hamilton (1978, p. 291) identifies the elder Vaudreuil as the town's namesake. Previously, there was also a street named when...
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    after the battle, raised the idea with de Grasse's successor, Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil. Vaudreuil approved of the plan, and provided...
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  • Haute-Normandie United States Vaudreuil, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal (1698–1778), a Canadian...
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    Michel-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière, 1st Marquis de Lotbinière (1723–1798), Seigneur of Vaudreuil, Lotbinière and Rigaud, Quebec etc. In 1757, on his advice...
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